Eisenhower Fellowships hosted its 2022 Annual Meeting and related events in Philadelphia in May, a two-day celebration of global leadership. The gathering began with a riveting conversation on May 18 with best-selling author and Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman and Eisenhower Fellows gathered from nearly 20 countries at The Liberty View at Independence Visitor Center. The next evening, EF Chairman, former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, awarded the Dwight D. Eisenhower Medal for Leadership and Service posthumously to longtime Eisenhower Fellowships Trustee and former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright for an exceptional life dedicated to public service at the Annual Awards Dinner at the National Constitution Center. Secretary Gates also presented the 2022 Distinguished Fellow Award to two prominent Eisenhower Fellows from India, entrepreneur and philanthropist Rajshree Pathy and international business executive Raman Madhok. Earlier that day, after the Annual Meeting of the EF Board of Trustees at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Secretary Gates engaged in an off-the-record luncheon discussion for Trustees and invited guests on current world events with Jerry Seib, former Executive Washington Editor and Capital Journal columnist of the Wall Street Journal. Later that afternoon Secretary Gates hosted the Chairman’s Seminar and Pin Ceremony for our 2022 Africa Fellows, 2021 USA Fellows and 2021 Eisenhower Global Scholars.